MI5 chief Andrew Parker warns of Islamist threat to UK

[Jason bourne]

Thousands of Islamist extremists in the UK see the British public as a legitimate target for attacks, the director general of MI5 has warned.

Andrew Parker was making his first public speech since taking over as head of the UK Security Service in April.

Al-Qaeda and its affiliates in Pakistan and Yemen present "the most direct and immediate threats to the UK," he said.

He also warned of the damage done to British security by the leaking of classified documents from GCHQ.

Addressing the Royal United Services Institute in Whitehall, Mr Parker added the security services must have access to the many means of communication which terrorists now use.

He also revealed some of the fears and frustrations his service was experiencing over both the advances in technology, and those who leak government secrets into the public domain.


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[MM_Haider]

Yawwwwwwwwnnnnnnn... such rhetoric we are listening since ages..

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Now MI5 Chief gives the British a "heads-up" call. But it was only to be expected, since the British Govt. had iself gone easy on obscurantist and extremist elements all under the name of religious freedom and civil liberties. The chickens will come home to roost after all.